A hurricane hunter aircraft sent to the Arctic to study ice formations returned this month with critical data that might explain why an increasing number of tropical storms seem to be taking irregular paths.

Scientists are trying to determine how much heat is released into the atmosphere when Arctic ice builds up in autumn. That heat release is believed to shift the jet stream, a fast-moving, high altitude river of air, farther to the south.

That shift, in turn, might be slowing down or even stalling tropical systems, before they can re-curve east and out to sea, scientists say.

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Bond said the faster the ice builds up, the more heat is released into the atmosphere.

"We could see and feel the tremendous amount of heat coming out of the ocean," he said. "That's what it takes to make ice, to lose heat like crazy."...........

“....... When water (in any of the three phrases) moves from a higher to a lower ordered state, the air surrounding the H20 will have heat subtracted from it. The three processes that subtract heat from the surrounding air are evaporation, melting and sublimation (solid to gas). When water (in any of the three phrases) moves from a lower to a higher ordered state, the air surrounding the H20 will have energy added to it. This is called a release of latent heat (e.g. when heat is subtracted from liquid water, the individual water molecules will slow down. They eventually slow down to the point at which the hydrogen bonds do not allow the liquid to rotate anymore. Ice now develops. The energy the water molecules once had to rotate has been given up to the surrounding air). The three processes that add heat to the surrounding air are condensation, freezing and deposition (gas to solid).......”

The Sun is the ultimate source of all energy driving the Earth's climate. But in part, it uses the atmosphere as its medium of energy transfer with the hydrosphere.

The hydrosphere of Earth is in a balance with solar energy, atmospheric gas and water in all it's states. It's the warmth or coolness of the air that interacts with water to melt or crystallize it. Direct radiative transfer of solar energy (such as sublimation of ice and snow or evaporation of liquid water) is a secondary mechanism of state change. Water can occur in solid and liquid form; if the liquid is put into solution with the atmosphere, it becomes a vaporous gas (NOT the same as steam, the true vapor phase form of water). By the way, water vapor (more accurately described as liquid water in gas solution) is a more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2, yet is almost never accounted for in climate computer "models".

Farmers around a large body of water have their crops protected against a freeze because, as the temp cools, the water gives up heat before it can freeze - and that heat helps to keep the crops above freezing.

e.g., the Okanagan Lakes region of BC/Wash - many apple & grape growers in the area.

I'm sure that you have noticed how much colder a cloudless winter night is than one with cloud cover. I believe that Dr. Spenser lives in Huntsville, AL. If he had done this experiment in a desert area, the night time temperature drop would have been even greater.

The following is from way down the page: "Why Was the Cavity Colder than the Outside Air Temperature? The temperature of virtually anything is the result of a balance between (1) energy gained and (2) energy lost. As long as the energy gained exceeds that lost, the temperature will rise. This was clearly seen when I closed up The Box, and the rate of sunlight absorption in the cavity exceeded the rate of energy lost by infrared emission (and any  hopefully small  conductive losses). The temperature skyrocketed.

But once the rate of energy loss exceeds that gained, then the temperature will fall, as was seen when The Box entered the shade. Then, then rate of IR energy lost (which increases rapidly with temperature) exceeded that gained from diffuse solar radiation, and the cavity temperature fell.

So, at night when there is no solar energy available, what is to prevent the cavity from getting very cold? Outer space is supposed to emit near absolute zero, 3 K. The Boxs cavity enters the hours of darkness at something like 300 K temperature. At 300 K, and assuming an IR emissivity of 0.99, the cavity is emitting IR at a rate of just over 400 Watts per sq. meter. Assuming the box is very well insulated, and is not leaking air, what is to prevent the cavity temperature from dropping well below freezing (273 K)?"

"the heat release study provided insight into how fast the volume of polar ice is diminishing, a primary reason for sea level rise"

At this point, I stopped reading. The idiot that wrote this doesn't understand middle school science. First of all, polar ice isn't diminishing. It's gaining in area at an astounding rate. Second, floating ice doesn't raise the water level when it melts. Arctic ice is floating. Anyone can perform the proof: fill a glass first with ice cubes, then with water to the brim. The ice will protrude above the glass. After the ice has melted, the water still doesn't spill over the top of the glass. The author is either grossly ignorant of the subject he is writing about, or he is simply stupid. I vote for the latter.

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posted on 11/17/2013 3:54:27 AM PST
by norwaypinesavage
(Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)

But the Left claims "climate change" is "settled science," that there is "consensus" -- the necessary lie to allow the EPA to strong-arm and extort businesses and dictate energy use (weaken U.S. economy and national security).

I think this guy got his thermodynamics wrong. Ice is not a source of heat. Ice is the result of a lack of heat transfer from the sun.

While not exact, think a window air conditioner. heat transfer normally separated and the heat is vented outside. Put it in the middle of a closed room and the front blows cold while the back vents heat.

While not a closed system, the Earth demonstrates many of the same attributes for the overall conservation of energy/mass.

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posted on 11/17/2013 5:20:46 AM PST
by trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)

The earth is heating up and more than 3/4 of all of the ice in the north and south poles has already melted and sea levels have risen more than 2 feet while tropical storms (along with standard thunder storms) have become killers of millions of people.

Oh, wait.....I was reading “The thoughts of Al Gore.”

Forget what I said for a moment of weakness.

/sarc

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posted on 11/17/2013 5:21:24 AM PST
by DH
(Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)

Low information Americans now have the internet however. Anytime something “unusual” happens” (unusual could be it was hot one day in July) it is posted 87 times and all kinds of foolish theories are speculated.

That is the root of what is going on.

Then the toxic, western hating, America hating people like Al Gore come along; and take advantage of the low information crowds gullibility.

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posted on 11/17/2013 5:46:00 AM PST
by HereInTheHeartland
(Under the Democrats; the Lincoln Memorial is closed; but the southern border is open)

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